Where Does The Dr. Slump Anime End In The Manga?

What Rumiko Takahashi’s Ranma ½ was to Inuyasha, Akira Toriyama’s Dr. Slump was to Dragon Ball.

It was the long-term manga series he worked on and loved first before Dragon Ball, and even after Dragon Ball gained international fame, would remain niche, lovely, and ignored.

Where To Start The Dr. Slump Manga After The Anime?

Dr. Slump has had two attempts at being adapted to anime.

The first Dr. Slump anime adaptation, titled Dr. Slump & Arale-chan, is generally the anime adaptation of Dr. Slump to watch, since the anime adapts the full manga series. However, while it doesn’t really skip many manga chapters, The Dr. Slump & Arale-chan anime does inject a decent amount of anime-only content – which is why the anime has more episodes than the manga series has chapters.

As an additional note, all Dr. Slump movies and specials are original stories, so you don’t need to factors those into where to start the Dr. Slump manga after the anime.

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The second Dr. Slump anime adaptation attempt, simply titled Dr. Slump (1997), was an attempt at remaking the Dr. Slump series using newer animation, changing character designs, and making numerous changes to the story. Most people were not fans of it, and it is generally not a good adaptation of the manga since it more frequently jumps around, changes events, and just skips a lot more of the story.

If you were a fan of the 1997 Dr. Slump, you would want to read the manga from the beginning.

Is The Dr. Slump Manga Over?

The Dr. Slump manga is complete. It ended in 1984 with Chapter 236.

Will There Be More Dr. Slump Anime?

An unfortunate truth is that now, after Akira Toriyama’s passing, a Dr. Slump anime project has never been more likely. However, even with that aside, more Dr. Slump anime is still very unlikely because it only really celebrated much popularity in Japan, and not globally like Dragon Ball.